Reflections from a visitor
This weekend sees the last of the autumn university visits – with Professor Doreen Stabinsky, from the College of the Atlantic, visiting to meet prospective students and to deliver a presentation on global environmental politics (she is currently in Sweden, serving as the first-ever Zennström Visiting Professor in Climate Change Leadership at Uppsala University). The University Office has posted a new record of university visitors (both in [...]
SANMUN 2015
On the weekend of 7th- 8th November, a delegation of students attended the SANMUN (Sandefjord and Nesbru Model United nations) Conference in Sandefjord. The students were Nimra Nadeen (Pakistan), Abdul Abo Shokur (Sweden) and Fredrik Lura (Norway). Here Fredrik offers his reflections: Committees at SANMUN The 12th annual SANMUN conference was held 7-8th of November and, as in previous years UWC sent a delegation. The [...]
International Matbord
Students at the matbord On Sunday 15 November a number of students and staff joined in an International Food Table (Internasjonalt Matbord) event organised by the "volunteer central" (frivilligsentral) in Dale. Food from over 20 countries was displayed, admired, and eventually consumed by an enthusiastic crowd of around 200 people of all ages. With the guidance and support of our chef, Peter Schønen, students prepared [...]
Nordic National Committees
It is a pleasure to host the Nordic National Committees on campus for their Annual General Meeting this weekend. Their itinerary has included connecting with students, meeting for their AGM and with the Education Management Team, and attending the European Show in the Høegh. This is the first time we have been able to host the Nordic NCs in our new buildings – the Thor Heyerdahl and [...]
Nordic Life: Helle Knives
Today Torodd Helle, CEO of Helle Fabrikke (Knife Factory) in Holmedal came and gave a presentation to the first years as part of their Nordic Life Skills course. He gave the students an introduction to craftsmanship handed down generation to generation, branding and the essential core values which underpin the Helle brand, international marketing and his aspirations for the HAFs regions to be a ‘torch to the [...]
UWC Changshu – Opening
An RCN delegation was invited to attend the opening of UWC Changshu, the first UWC in mainland China - an exciting development. It has been a long journey - starting with the founder (Mark Wang) meeting HM Queen Sonja, our patron, in a Beijing rehabilitation centre in the late 1990s when he was learning to walk again after a plane crash, his selection to attend Red Cross [...]